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"Kyu-shitsu", which refers to all types of Urushi lacquer coating, is the origin of Wajima-nuri, which began with plain practical lacquerware, and is an honor for the skills that have been accumulated over a long period of time. On the other hand, with the modernization of crafts, it has been establ...

Venice Oriental Museum Seminar “Overview of Japanese Lacquer Art”

Urushi Workshop: Simonetta Capetta, Kenta Takeshige

A workshop in collaboration with Urushi LAB and Guild LacArt, Milano, Italy.

Urushi Workshop: Nathalie Posson, Kenta Takeshige

A workshop in collaboration with Royal Antwerp Academy of Arts, Belgium and NPO De Kunstkliniek ‘URUSHI ~An Introduction in practice~’

We practiced the Roiro-nuri technique by applying a series of processes from the foundation layers to the coati...

Kintsugi Workshop: Sarah Benrubi, Kenta Takeshige, Delphine Mesmaeker

A workshop in collaboration with the Faculty of Conservation-Restoration of Art Works and the Faculty of Ceramics at La Cambre National School of Arts, Brussels Belgium

A Kintsugi workshop using lacquer was organized as part o...

At the ceremony to commemorate the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and the Netherlands, 10 lacquer trees were delivered to Europe by Professor Iino Ichiro (Metal Engraving Dep.) of Tokyo University of the Arts. These lacquer trees were planted by professor Jean Lemmens of the Ant...